Weekly Round-Up
Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blog posts which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which I’ve wanted to share with you. Don’t forget if you have written a post which you would like readers to see, just leave a comment below.
Episode 2 of Terri’s wonderful new podcast series is now live, in which her guest Dr Matatov takes us through a journey of the amazing and complex system of blood vessels used in breast reconstruction.
Jennifer shares her experience of Tamoxifen in her latest post.
A guest post by Ilene on Nancy’s blog on becoming a metastatic breast cancer advocate.
A poem for hope by Audrey.
Rod shares his path to becoming an advocate for male breast cancer patients.
Abigail updates us on her latest medical scans.
A guest post on Ticking Off Breast Cancer on losing trust through a breast cancer diagnosis.
And so ends another week in the blogosphere. It seems we have had a short round-up this week, so to get your creative juices flowing, why not consider a writing prompt for the week ahead?
Until next week,
Yours with much love always
Marie xxx
I couldn’t imagine living
Without the air I breathe
That used to swell my chest
Where two breasts used to be.
Now with one and a part on the right
And a port inserted in my chest
Swiss cheese in place of what were bones
And pain and fear in place of the rest.
Yes I’d rather imagine this life of mine
Without drug protocols and scans.
I’d rather live more than much less time
And with far less pain and fear.
We are born to die – of course I know it’s true
But it’s quite different if metastatic describes you.
But if everything fell away
And flew into the air right now
And life’s last curtain closed
As I took my last bow
The thing I’d regret to have done without
Is the love I feel right here,
and that I never ever doubt
Because it’s so true and so sincere.
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Oh, sorry, that was in response to your prompt – an on the fly poem just for saying thanks again, my dear hearted friend.
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You were quick off the mark here Ilene 🙂 What wonderful words – so, so beautiful xxxx
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A beautiful poem. Thank you, Ilene.
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